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Bal-musette: a style of French instrumental music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. Although it began with bagpipes as the main instrument, this instrument was replaced with accordion, on which a variety of waltzes, polkas, and other dance styles were played for dances. Cabaret by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 in Paris. [22]
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The clavecin électrique (or clavessin électrique) was a musical instrument invented in 1759 by Jean-Baptiste Thillaie Delaborde, a French Jesuit priest. It is the earliest known electric-powered musical instrument, antedated only by the Denis d'or , which is only known from written accounts.
Basse de Flandre — a simple large stringed fiddle (a musical bow) made with a long stick from French Flanders in Hauts-de-France. Bobre — a bowed instrument from Réunion; Vielle à roue — a mechanical string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings.
The ondes Martenot (/ ˈ oʊ n d m ɑːr t ə ˈ n oʊ / OHND mar-tə-NOH; French: [ɔ̃d maʁtəno], "Martenot waves") or ondes musicales ("musical waves") is an early electronic musical instrument. It is played with a keyboard or by moving a ring along a wire, creating "wavering" sounds similar to a theremin .
French Guianan musical instruments (1 P) M. Musical instruments of Réunion (3 P) N. Norman musical instruments (2 P) Pages in category "French musical instruments"
An Érard harp Erard harp mechanism Tuning of Erard harp (using Korg OT-120 Wide 8 Octave Orchestral Digital Tuner). In November 1794 Érard filed the first English patent for a harp (Improvements in Pianofortes and Harps, patent no. 2016), a greatly refined single-action instrument (tuned in E flat) that could be played in eight major and five minor keys thanks to its ingenious fork mechanism ...
At this point, he changed his focus away from valved instruments to building natural horns. He reopened the business as François Périnet, Pettex-Muffat & Cie in 1859. The company Périnet still exists today, manufacturing hunting horns, although Périnet himself had left by the early 1860s and it is unclear where or when he died.